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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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My wife, who is a piano teacher, gets the BBC Music magazine, and the current issue has a cover story reporting the results of a survey of 100 leading pianists asked to "name the finest players of the recorded era." The top 20 listed came out as follows.
20. Claudio Arrau
19. Josef Hofmann
18. Walter Gieseking
17. Glenn Gould
16. Murray Perahia
15. Wilhelm Kempff
14. Edwin Fischer
13. Radu Lupu
12. Ignaz Friedman
11. Krystian Zimerman
10. Arturo Benedetti
9. Martha Argerich
8. Emil Gilels
7. Artur Schnabel
6. Dinu Lipatti
5. Alfred Cortot
4. Sviatoslav RIchter
3. Vladimir Horowitz
2. Arthur Rubintstein
1. Sergey Rachmaninov
Comments?
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Topic - 20 greatest pianists? - Tadlo 14:19:21 08/16/10 (66)
- RE: 20 greatest pianists? - tmsorosk 06:32:57 01/31/11 (0)
- No mention of Leon Fleisher anywhere - jult52 06:02:55 01/31/11 (0)
- How about a list of "Honorable Mentions"? - genungo 09:24:09 01/30/11 (0)
- Your post got me burrowing in my files of concert programs. I've heard four of the twenty. - bigi 10:32:39 08/18/10 (1)
- I'd have been willing to pay big money... - jimbill 10:36:29 08/19/10 (0)
- RE: 20 greatest pianists? - Brian Cheney 10:09:59 08/18/10 (9)
- Why criticize when you can praise? - John N 06:52:29 08/19/10 (3)
- But criticizing is so much more FUN! :-) [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 11:10:54 08/19/10 (2)
- RE: But criticizing is so much more FUN! :-) [nt] - Brian Cheney 11:26:41 08/19/10 (1)
- I agree - Very true! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 16:17:33 08/19/10 (0)
- RE: 20 greatest pianists? - learsfool 22:57:03 08/18/10 (0)
- RE: 20 greatest pianists? - Tadlo 14:01:28 08/18/10 (0)
- You heard Kempff and Backhaus live? - bigi 10:51:54 08/18/10 (2)
- RE: You heard Kempff and Backhaus live? - Brian Cheney 11:31:00 08/18/10 (1)
- Two of my faves. (nt) - bigi 13:30:31 08/18/10 (0)
- + Kapell and Moravec, - Argerich and Zimerman? - Bambi B 09:01:57 08/18/10 (5)
- Americans? - Mali 20:02:02 08/19/10 (1)
- Americans ! - Bambi B 20:52:22 08/19/10 (0)
- RE: + Kapell and Moravec, - Argerich and Zimerman? - Tadlo 21:03:58 08/18/10 (2)
- RE: + Kapell and Moravec, - Argerich and Zimerman? - Bambi B 00:57:25 08/19/10 (1)
- RE: + Kapell and Moravec, - Argerich and Zimerman? - Tadlo 10:10:09 08/19/10 (0)
- RE: 20 greatest pianists? - posbwp55@msn.com 23:20:40 08/17/10 (2)
- RE: 20 greatest pianists? - Tadlo 06:56:43 08/18/10 (0)
- You're right - Volodos is very good too [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 23:30:47 08/17/10 (0)
- And......not a single mention of - kavakidd 22:48:23 08/17/10 (0)
- My List: 20 greatest (classical) pianists? - layman 19:31:34 08/17/10 (1)
- RE: My List: 20 greatest (classical) pianists? - axtl1010@online.no 08:36:40 09/18/10 (0)
- Amazed that no one has mentioned... - C.B. 12:15:49 08/17/10 (4)
- RE: Amazed that no one has mentioned... - Amphissa 13:13:44 08/17/10 (3)
- Re: Godowsky - C.B. 06:52:32 08/18/10 (1)
- RE: Re: Godowsky - Amphissa 11:50:46 08/18/10 (0)
- Your Godowsky comment - gd 21:08:44 08/17/10 (0)
- RE: 20 greatest pianists? - Tadlo 08:15:34 08/17/10 (4)
- OMG! - Amphissa 15:09:46 08/18/10 (2)
- Great point about the methodology - vinyl phanatic 21:50:20 08/17/10 (0)
- RE: 20 greatest pianists? - learsfool 23:10:06 08/16/10 (2)
- I've seen Brendel live - Analog Scott 17:25:13 08/28/10 (1)
- RE: I've seen Brendel live - axtl1010@online.no 08:54:45 09/18/10 (0)
- Lipatti's certainly an odd choice... - M. Lucky 21:48:47 08/16/10 (0)
- how about the up and coming... - docw 21:11:04 08/16/10 (8)
- I have seen her four times now. - Analog Scott 17:22:23 08/28/10 (0)
- It's always hard to say with the up and coming - Chris from Lafayette 00:28:22 08/17/10 (6)
- RE: It's always hard to say with the up and coming - Amphissa 13:17:02 08/17/10 (5)
- Well. . . OK. . . (it didn't take much prompting!) - Chris from Lafayette 17:14:48 08/17/10 (4)
- RE: Well. . . OK. . . (it didn't take much prompting!) - Amphissa 20:36:32 08/17/10 (3)
- RE: Well. . . OK. . . (it didn't take much prompting!) - Chris from Lafayette 23:01:50 08/17/10 (0)
- RE: Well. . . OK. . . (it didn't take much prompting!) - Todd Krieger 22:58:40 08/17/10 (1)
- YT - Amphissa 08:55:08 08/18/10 (0)
- Pollini? - Mali 20:40:19 08/16/10 (0)
- Where the heck is Moravec? - jimbill 20:17:32 08/16/10 (6)
- Couldn't have said it better myself! :-) [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 00:18:02 08/17/10 (0)
- RE: Where the heck is Moravec? - Amphissa 20:59:13 08/16/10 (4)
- RE: Where the heck is Moravec? - ahendler 21:35:28 08/16/10 (3)
- RE: Where the heck is Moravec? Or Haskil? - rbolaw 07:38:02 08/17/10 (2)
- RE: Where the heck is Moravec? Or Haskil? - Chris from Lafayette 18:34:29 08/17/10 (1)
- RE: Where the heck is Moravec? Or Haskil? - rbolaw 20:26:32 08/17/10 (0)
- My List.......... - Todd Krieger 19:14:15 08/16/10 (0)
- Van Cliburn? - jult52 05:55:55 01/31/11 (0)
- What?!? No Joyce Hatto? Dang... - musetap 18:39:20 08/16/10 (1)
- LOL! - Joyce must certainly be on Bryce Morrison's list! :-) [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 00:33:51 08/17/10 (0)
- Where's all the jazz guys ??? - Mike K 18:17:21 08/16/10 (1)
- RE: Where's all the jazz guys ??? - ahendler 18:29:06 08/16/10 (0)
- RE: 20 greatest pianists? - Amphissa 15:56:39 08/16/10 (0)
- Amphissa - jult52 06:00:54 01/31/11 (0)
- Where's Art Tatum? nt - Zipcord 15:44:48 08/16/10 (1)
- He got one vote from Misha DIchter nt - Tadlo 15:56:38 08/16/10 (0)
- RE: 20 greatest pianists? - Chris from Lafayette 14:35:32 08/16/10 (2)
- RE: 20 greatest pianists? - Tadlo 15:53:51 08/16/10 (1)
- RE: 20 greatest pianists? - ahendler 16:49:55 08/16/10 (0)
- RE: 20 greatest pianists? - surf 06:26:04 01/30/11 (0)
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